Ⅰ.听句子,选择正确的答案。每个句子读两遍

1.Too much traffic brings the air pollution.

2.The local school in my home town closed down two years ago.

3.Why do young people move to big cities?

4.When is the best time to visit your home town?

5.What’s the highest temperature today?

Ⅱ.听对话,选择正确的答案。每组对话读两遍

6.W: Which city had the largest population in 2,000?

M: Tokyo.It’s thirty-four point four million.

7.W: Do you still live in the village now?

M: No, there are not enough schools and hospitals there.I have to live in the city.

8.M: The best time to visit England is in September.

W: Yes, you’d better take your camera because you may want to take photos of the autumn leaves.

9.M: What’s the weather like in your home town in summer and autumn?

W: There are storms from time to time.

10.M: What’s the weather like in America in winter?

W: We have cold winters and hot summers.It’s snowy in New York in winter.

M: Sounds great! I like hot sunny weather, but I like snow as well.I don’t like windy weather.

Ⅲ.听对话,选择正确的答案。每段对话读两遍

听第一段对话,完成第11至12小题。

M: Hello, Wang Fang.What are you going to do next week?

W: I have no idea.Could you give me some advice?

M: Let me see.Have you ever been to Hangzhou?

W: No.What’s the weather like there now?

M: It’s very warm.You could go there.

W: That sounds great! Are there any interesting places to visit?

M: Yes, there is a famous place to visit—the West Lake.

W: Please tell me more about it.

M: There are many stories about it.Let’s read them on the Internet.

W: OK.

听第二段对话,完成第13至15小题。

M: Li Fei, could you answer me some questions?

W: Certainly.What do you want to know?

M: What’s the population of China?

W: About one point three seven billion.

M: It has a large population.What about the population of the US?

W: About three hundred and fourteen point seven million.Anything else?

M: What about the traffic in the US?

W: It has a lot of traffic.

M: Thank you.

W: You’re welcome.

Ⅳ.听短文,选择正确的答案。短文读两遍

There are about sixty-three million people in the United Kingdom.This is a big population for such a small country.But large parts of the country have few people.Most of the population live in the big cities.About fifty-seven million people live in cities and towns.Only about six million live in the countryside.Today very few people—about one point two million are farmers and farm workers.

England has many people.About fifty-two million people live in London and the southeast.London is now a city of over eight million people.